Miles Law School


Miles Law School is a law school located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is independent of Miles College.
Miles Law School was founded on August 26, 1974. Among the founders were Bishop C. A. Kirkendoll of the C.M.E. Church, Dr. W. Clyde Williams, former president of Miles College, former Alabama Judge and state Senator J. Richmond Pearson, and Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Program of Study

The school offers a four-year part-time evening program. Graduates of the law school receive the Juris Doctor. Of the 31 Miles alumni who took the Alabama bar exam in February 2020, none passed.
July 2016Feb 2017July 2017Feb 2018July 2018Feb 2019July 2019Feb 2020
First Time Takers64314758
Passed10000010
% Pass16.7%---------------20.0%---
Repeaters1814181617182323
Passed13220010
% Pass5.6%21.4%11.1%12.5%------4.3%---
Total Takers2418211721252831
Passed2322------20
% Pass8.3%16.7%9.5%11.8%------7.1%---

Accreditation

Miles Law School is not accredited by the American Bar Association. It is one of two unaccredited law schools in Alabama, the other being the Birmingham School of Law. Miles Law graduates are however eligible to take the Alabama Bar Exam pursuant to the authority granted by the Alabama Legislature and the Alabama Supreme Court.

Notable alumni